After keeping a relatively low profile for the past few years, Sir Mix-A-Lot [ tickets ] has lined up a lengthy string of U.S. club dates. The Seattle-based rapper, best known for the 1992 hit "Baby Got Back," plans to kick off the outing in early September.

A sole, mid-August date will precede Sir Mix-A-Lot’s month-and-a-half-long U.S. run, which kicks off in Portland, Ore., on Sept. 2. Both the Sept. 2 date and the subsequent Sept. 3 show in Springfield, Ore., will also feature a performance by fellow obscure-as-of-late rapper Tone-Loc [ tickets ].

Sir Mix-A-Lot achieved widespread commercial success with “Baby Got Back,” an ode to women with large posteriors. The song peaked at No. 16 on Billboard’s Hot 100 Airplay chart, garnered a Grammy award for Best Rap Performance and helped propel “Mack Daddy” (Columbia), the album on which it is found, to platinum status.

“Chief Booty Knocka,” the follow-up to “Mack Daddy,” was released in 1994, and “Return of the Bumpasaurus”--Sir Mix-A-Lot’s most-recent studio release--surfaced in 1996. Neither matched the commercial success of the rapper’s 1992 release.

A greatest-hits collection titled “Beepers, Benzos and Booty: The Best of Sir Mix-A-Lot” (Rhino) landed in stores last year.

Sir Mix-A-Lot reportedly collaborated with Seattle-based rock act the Presidents of the United States--now known as the Presidents--in the late-90s, but the pairing never yielded either an album or tour. The rapper is currently working on his next solo album, for which no release date has been set, according to a spokesperson.